INTRODUCTION. 
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Materials. 
No. of Factories. 
Annual Products. 
Cotton, 
36 
$1,345,052 
Tobacco, 
110 
718,765 
Turpentine, 
147 
2,338,309 
Lumber, 
533 
2,107,314 
Iron, Wool, 
Paper, Wood, Leather, &c., 
13,315,636 
$19,559,263 
It will be observed, by comparing the products of the different States, 
that in. one article, turpentine, (Naval Stores,) this State produces two- 
thirds of the total made in the United States. 
An examination of the census tables will show the notable fact that 
almost every crop produced in the United States is found in one region 
or another of this State, so that the widest diversification of industries is 
practicable. Corn, cotton and tobacco, however, still occupy too much 
attention; fruits, grasses, stock and grapes (especially), far too little. 
Fruits thrive remarkably in all parts of the State, the apple especially in 
the West, attaining there a degree of perfection not surpassed on the 
continent. The best grasses (and clover) grow abundantly and almost 
spontaneously in the mountains, and with moderate culture in all parts of 
the State - The vine flourishes in every section, and several of the best 
known American grapes originated here, as the Catawba, Isabella, Lin- 
coln and Scuppernong. 
Commerce . — The number of persons engaged in trade cf all kinds, as 
seen from the tables of occupations above, is remarkably small. There 
are consequently no large cities or controlling centres of trade, the ex- 
terior commerce being carried on directly from nearly all sections of the 
State with Norfolk, Baltimore and New York. The principal seaport, as 
. well as the largest city, is Wilmington, near the mouth of the Cape Fear 
river. Its population is nearly 20,000, and the amount of its exports 
which are rapidly increasing, is now about $12,000,000 in value, chiefly 
in naval stores, lumber and cotton. Newbern, near the mouth of Neuse 
river, is the next in rank for size and commercial importance ; population 
about 10,000. The non-commercial character and habits of the people 
are sufficiently illustrated by the fact that the best harbor on the coast, at 
Beaufort, is scarcely used at all. 
